Q: “I’m an enthusiastic rock music fan, and I like to purchase music from iTunes. Everything is perfect until I update my iPhone 6 to iOS 9 yesterday, there are some errors during the updating, and I lost everything on my Phone as well as my music! Is there any way to get them back without purchase again, please help!”

Backing up your iTunes Store purchases is extremely important. That’s because there are kinds of accidents that may cause the loss of your music and other files. Thanks to Apple iCloud service, there is still the possibility to get your lost music back.

Now, with iCloud, virtually every song, app, TV show, movie or book you’ve purchased at iTunes is stored in your iTunes account and is available to redownload onto any compatible device. Let’s check this tutorial and get some quick methods.

Part 2. How to Download Music from iCloud via Device

If you prefer to redownload music purchases right on your iOS device rather than on the desktop iTunes, you can use the iTunes Store app on your device to download music from iCloud. Follow the steps below:

Launch the iTunes app from your device’s Home screen.

Tap the “Purchased” tab from the bottom of the screen.

Click the “Not On This iPhone” tab, you’ll see a list of all the kinds of purchases: Music, Movies, or TV Shows.

For Music, your purchases are grouped together as All Songs or listed by artist. Tap to select the artist you want to download songs or albums from.

How to Get Music from iCloud via an iOS Device

Tap the “Download All” button to download all previously purchased music, or you can select a specific album or song you want to download by clicking the iCloud icon.

Your previously purchased content will appear within the purchased section of the iTunes app as long as you are signed in with the same Apple ID used to purchase the content.

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Note: If you have accidentally deleted some music from your iPhone iPad or iPod, but still have them on the computer, you can use AnyTrans to transfer the music from the computer to your device. For more detailed steps, please refer to How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone >

The Bottom Line

That’s all for how to download music from iCloud to iPhone 6s/7/8/X/XS (Max)/XR. Any question about this post or PhoneRescue for iOS is warmly welcomed. If this post solved your problems, please be free to share it with your friends. Start to see how powerful PhoneRescue for iOS is now!